The verse from the previous post reminded me of what my friend, Betta, shared with me earlier this month when we had an unplanned bonding time. One of the things she mentioned was that Job went through much trial yet God blessed him more in the end of his life than in the beginning when he…
Category: ABC’s Towards Healing
Paul de Vera: Psychological Trauma to Spiritual Triumph
He was a scholar at a Science High School, one of the Ten Outstanding Students in Mandaluyong, a recipient of the PGMA Leadership Award, President of the Central Mandaluyong Student Council, consistent honor student and graduated Summa Cum Laude in Multi-media Arts (also as a scholar) with a recognition on Community Service at the Asia…
Alternative to Suicide
News update: http://www.philstar.com/health-and-family/2014/09/09/1367141/who-someone-commits-suicide-every-40-seconds http://www.philstar.com/health-and-family/2015/07/08/1474681/look-suicide-rates-around-world-one-map Robin Williams’s suicide on the news was a shock. What a deep and tragic loss. It seemed he had everything to live for… It’s hard to say from the outside who is okay and who isn’t. A few years ago, I had a fellow parent. She looked fine; no reason to think…
Fight For Your Families
Beloved, there may come opposition to your rebuilding your family. We are not unaware of Satan’s tricks to give you feelings of discouragement or defeat or a new offence as a bait for unforgiveness; his ultimate goal is to steal your peace and joy, to kill your hopes, to destroy your family. There might be…
God Is Greater Than Whatever Difficulty You Are Going Through
Would like to encourage you with last Sunday’s message by Pastor Vince Burke at CCF Main entitled (God Is) “Greater Than” ___________________ (and then fill in the blank with whatever difficulty or problem you are going through) To go directly to the video that Pastor Vince played at the end of his message:
Would You Like A New Beginning?
2 Cor 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! Sometimes, we come to a point of brokenness along our life journey. Failures, sins, external circumstances just makes things so complicated that restoration seems impossible. In Christ, we do not need to exhaust…
When You Need Strength To Face the New Day
Craig and Susan Phelps and their children were on their way from their home in Oklahoma to a ski trip Colorado. They were in the remote and dark area of the Texas panhandle when their van was hit by an eighteen-wheeler truck with such a forceful impact that threw out all of their four children….
When Our Prayers Seem Unanswered
Laura Story’s husband, Martin Elvington, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. She prayed for his healing but her prayer wasn’t getting answered the way she wanted in the time she wanted. As she walked through this challenge in her journey, she had a paradigm shift and the word “blessing” started to get redefined in her…
When You Feel Tired, Weary, or Weak
South African writer, Brenton Brown, was attending a Band/Worship Leader Retreat when he was feeling tired. As he prayed to God, the phrase “Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord” just popped up. Later on, he and his wife contracted “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”. One day, his friend Ken Riley played a pre-chorus for…
Finding the Voice of Worship Amid Fear, Uncertainty, Loss, Pain, Grief, or Death
Just four days after the September 11 attacks on New York City’s Twin Towers, songwriter Matt Redman and his wife, Beth, started a sabbatical in Los Angeles. The effects of the traumatic, tragic, terroristic event that gripped the United States started to sink in. The nation was gripped by fear, uncertainty, loss, pain, grief, and…
BUTTERFLY IN THE SPRING 